BET THERE WASN'T NOT MUCH OF A QUEUE FOR THIS JOB

The man left holding the parcel when the music stopped at the Hamas pass-the-leadership party is Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi

Why would anyone want this job? You immediately get a death sentence, especially if your first act is to promise to teach Israel "a lesson" and "promise they will know no security".

And how stupid are these people? How can they seriously see the death of the leader of Hamas as an evil act but sending teenagers wearing explosive waistcoats onto busses to kill people going to work is ok?

And if they are so anti-Israeli, why do they all go and work there and then bleat every time Israel seals the border complaining that they can't get to work? They want to destroy the state of Israel but not its economy? How the hell is that going to work?

Their double standards are doubly stupid and doubly breath-taking.

I started off in life trying to be understanding and see their point of view, but I'm afraid that I am slowly drifting towards the "seal the borders and let them all rot" mentality. Every time they have a chance to be sensible and put an end to to the killing they just do something even more stupid than before. They are never going to beat a state that has 100% U.S. support, and since they have vowed to fight to the death then it seems more and more likely that the result of their efforts will simply be the extinction of their people.

I for one won't miss them.